2022 population: 65,117
( 966 from 2010
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283 from 2020)
Land area: 331.9 square miles
Population density: 196.2 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 46,692 | 71.70% | ![]() |
Black: | 8,808 | 13.53% | ![]() |
Indian: | 217 | 0.33% | ![]() |
Asian: | 677 | 1.04% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 1,452 | 2.23% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 7,271 | 11.17% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 18,425 | 28.30% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Births: | 1,516 | 11.7 |
Deaths: | 2,063 | 15.9 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 761 | 5.9 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 54 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | -4,044 | -6.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 3,078 | 4.7 |
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 27,739 | |
Median Value | $208,200 | |
Occupied | 24,744 | 89.2% |
Vacant | 2,995 | 10.8% |
Owned | 17,474 | 70.6% |
Rented | 7,270 | 29.4% |
Median Rent | $1,165 | |
Single-Family Units | 21,993 | 79.3% |
Detached | 20,527 | 74.0% |
Attached | 1,466 | 5.3% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,670 | 9.6% |
Mobile Homes | 962 | 3.5% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 990 | 4.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 1,306 | 5.3% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 640 | 2.6% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 1,283 | 5.2% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 968 | 3.9% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 1,022 | 4.1% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 688 | 2.8% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 627 | 2.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 1,101 | 4.4% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,376 | 5.6% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,613 | 10.6% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 3,435 | 13.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 2,158 | 8.7% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 1,962 | 7.9% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 2,447 | 9.9% |
$200,000 or more | 2,128 | 8.6% |
Median Household Income | 73,378 | |
Per Capita Income | 37,904 | |
Cost of Living Index (100 = average) | ||
Compared to state | 90 | |
Compared to U.S. | 98 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,985 | 8.0% |
Public Assistance | 615 | 2.5% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 3,079 | 12.4% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 24,527 | 67.4% |
Unemployed | 2,109 | 5.8% |
In Armed Forces | 24 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 26,660 | 73.3% |
Not in Labor Force | 9,709 | 26.7% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 32.5% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 10,868 | 9,123 | 54.4% |
Non-Profit | 685 | 1,667 | 29.1% |
Self-Employed | 1,246 | 742 | 62.7% |
Local Government | 1,133 | 2,007 | 36.1% |
State Government | 485 | 831 | 36.9% |
Federal Government | 313 | 190 | 62.2% |
Total Private + Self | 12,114 | 9,865 | 55.1% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,616 | 4,695 | 35.8% |
Total | 14,730 | 14,560 | 50.3% |
Pct. Govt. | 16.9% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 3,661 | 12.5% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 6,743 | 23.0% |
Professional, Technical | 6,906 | 23.6% |
Service Occupations | 4,174 | 14.2% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 216 | 0.7% |
All others | 7,808 | 26.7% |
White Collar | 59.1% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 4,434 | 15.1% |
Educational services | 3,360 | 11.5% |
Manufacturing | 3,351 | 11.4% |
Retail trade | 2,832 | 9.7% |
Construction | 2,170 | 7.4% |
Transportation and warehousing | 2,052 | 7.0% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,739 | 5.9% |
Public administration | 1,617 | 5.5% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,182 | 4.0% |
Wholesale trade | 1,149 | 3.9% |
Finance and insurance | 1,043 | 3.6% |
Utilities | 987 | 3.4% |
Other services | 982 | 3.4% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 733 | 2.5% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 452 | 1.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 447 | 1.5% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 403 | 1.4% |
Information | 301 | 1.0% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 55 | 0.2% |
Management | 3 | 0.0% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 1,658 | 2.56% |
Puerto Rican | 3,971 | 6.12% |
Cuban | 86 | 0.13% |
Dominican | 223 | 0.34% |
Total Central American | 286 | 0.44% |
Costa Rican | 0 | 0.00% |
Guatemalan | 112 | 0.17% |
Honduran | 36 | 0.06% |
Nicaraguan | 51 | 0.08% |
Panamanian | 17 | 0.03% |
Salvadoran | 70 | 0.11% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 180 | 0.28% |
Argentinean | 32 | 0.05% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 54 | 0.08% |
Ecuadorian | 18 | 0.03% |
Paraguayan | 16 | 0.02% |
Peruvian | 60 | 0.09% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 294 | 0.45% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Filipino | 193 | 0.30% |
Indian | 155 | 0.24% |
Korean | 62 | 0.10% |
Japanese | 49 | 0.08% |
Taiwanese | 42 | 0.06% |
Chinese | 40 | 0.06% |
Vietnamese | 36 | 0.06% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 56,661 | 92.3% |
Spanish | 3,337 | 5.4% |
Other Indo-European | 740 | 1.2% |
Tagalog | 223 | 0.4% |
German, other Germanic | 102 | 0.2% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 82 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 52 | 0.1% |
Chinese | 49 | 0.1% |
Arabic | 36 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Irish | 12,246 | 18.9% |
German | 11,402 | 17.6% |
Italian | 8,325 | 12.8% |
English | 7,706 | 11.9% |
Polish | 2,544 | 3.9% |
American | 2,461 | 3.8% |
French | 1,084 | 1.7% |
Scottish | 822 | 1.3% |
Welsh | 664 | 1.0% |
Dutch | 656 | 1.0% |
Swedish | 582 | 0.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 481 | 0.7% |
European | 461 | 0.7% |
Greek | 407 | 0.6% |
Ukrainian | 387 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 64,082 | 98.8% |
Not a citizen | 758 | 1.2% |
Native | 62,722 | 96.7% |
Foreign-born | 2,118 | 3.3% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
1,445 | 3.2% | 3,005 | 6.6% | 18,097 | 39.9% | 12,449 | 27.5% | 6,792 | 15.0% | 3,528 | 7.8% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 1,445 | 3.2% |
9-12 Years | 3,005 | 6.6% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 18,097 | 39.9% |
Some College | 12,449 | 27.5% |
Bach. Degree | 6,792 | 15.0% |
Grad Degree | 3,528 | 7.8% |
Average years of education: 13.1 |
Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics | |||||
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Year | Labor Force | Employed | Unemployed | Unemp. Rate | State Avg. |
1990 | 31,381 | 29,727 | 1,654 | 5.3% | 5.1% |
1991 | 32,098 | 29,770 | 2,328 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
1992 | 31,614 | 28,918 | 2,696 | 8.5% | 8.5% |
1993 | 30,922 | 28,661 | 2,261 | 7.3% | 7.8% |
1994 | 31,073 | 28,971 | 2,102 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
1995 | 31,503 | 29,445 | 2,058 | 6.5% | 6.4% |
1996 | 32,713 | 30,369 | 2,344 | 7.2% | 6.1% |
1997 | 32,651 | 30,738 | 1,913 | 5.9% | 5.3% |
1998 | 32,466 | 30,811 | 1,655 | 5.1% | 4.6% |
1999 | 32,190 | 30,723 | 1,467 | 4.6% | 4.4% |
2000 | 31,544 | 30,333 | 1,211 | 3.8% | 3.7% |
2001 | 30,834 | 29,477 | 1,357 | 4.4% | 4.2% |
2002 | 31,009 | 29,206 | 1,803 | 5.8% | 5.8% |
2003 | 30,289 | 28,475 | 1,814 | 6.0% | 5.8% |
2004 | 30,688 | 29,079 | 1,609 | 5.2% | 4.9% |
2005 | 31,202 | 29,697 | 1,505 | 4.8% | 4.4% |
2006 | 31,468 | 29,899 | 1,569 | 5.0% | 4.6% |
2007 | 31,235 | 29,709 | 1,526 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
2008 | 31,530 | 29,564 | 1,966 | 6.2% | 5.4% |
2009 | 31,713 | 28,381 | 3,332 | 10.5% | 9.0% |
2010 | 32,171 | 28,367 | 3,804 | 11.8% | 9.7% |
2011 | 32,389 | 28,614 | 3,775 | 11.7% | 9.4% |
2012 | 32,119 | 28,305 | 3,814 | 11.9% | 9.4% |
2013 | 31,660 | 28,292 | 3,368 | 10.6% | 8.4% |
2014 | 31,075 | 28,440 | 2,635 | 8.5% | 6.7% |
2015 | 30,799 | 28,563 | 2,236 | 7.3% | 5.7% |
2016 | 30,082 | 28,171 | 1,911 | 6.4% | 4.9% |
2017 | 29,289 | 27,527 | 1,762 | 6.0% | 4.5% |
2018 | 28,887 | 27,367 | 1,520 | 5.3% | 4.0% |
2019 | 29,355 | 27,991 | 1,364 | 4.6% | 3.4% |
2020 | 29,532 | 26,715 | 2,817 | 9.5% | 9.8% |
2021 | 30,533 | 28,202 | 2,331 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
2022 | 30,578 | 29,170 | 1,408 | 4.6% | 3.7% |
2023 | 31,419 | 29,692 | 1,727 | 5.5% | 4.4% |